Cant-hook.



No. 720.567. PATENTED PEB.1'7,1903.

E. GOUNTS.

CANT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1902.

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EDMUND COUNTS, OF FLAT RIVER, MISSOURI.

CANT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,567, dated February17, 1 903. Application filed June 9. 1902. Serial No. 110,927. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND COUNTS, a citi-,

zen of the United States, residing at Flat River, in the county of St.Francois and State of Missouri, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Cant-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cant-hooks; and it consists inthe construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafterset forth, the object being to provide a cant-hook which will have agreater range of adjustment and which will more readily grip a log thanthose made in the usual manner.

The construction of a cant-hook made in accord with my inventionpresents a movable hook and a fixed one, the movable hook beingconnected to the fixed one, so as to have, in addition to the usualpivotal connection, a sliding movement thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of acant-hook made in accord with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section, showing the application of the invention.,7

One of the hooks'A is rigidly attached to a handle B, and said hook hasasegmental portion a, from one side of which projects a shank A, and onthe other side of the segmental portion is the curved or hooked member,which terminates in a spur a. shank A has apertures through which passbolts for connecting the fixed member or hook A to the handle B, thelower end of the handle being squared. The handle B is shaped to lieagainst the shank, and its lower end is cut away or recessed to providewith the curved portion a of the hook Aa slot a through which passes abail or loop D.

G refers-to the movable hook, which is pivoted to the bail D, the hookhavingan olfset c to one side of the pivot c which .will impinge againstthe segmental portion of the fixed hook and bite against that part tolimit the swinging movement of the pivoted hook in one direction and toefiect a clamping of the bail against the hook A. The bail when The Ithe offset is out of engagement with the segmental portion of the hook Awill slide on said hook, the range of movement being limited by theshoulders on the handle at the ends of the recess.

By the construction illustrated the swinging hook will adjust itself tospan'logs of different diameters, and there is a much greater range ofadjustment than if the books were simply pivoted to each other. Anupward movement of the handle will effect an automatic adjusment of theswinging hook, and when the swinging hook is forced into the log theoffsetor spurs 0, adjacent to the pivot,wi1l practically lockthe hooks.A slight downward movement of the handle will readily detach thecant-hook from a log. The implement is used in the usual manner to rollor turn logs away fromthe user, though, if desired, the swinging hookmay be used uppermost to turn or roll logs toward the user of theimplement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cant-hook, the combination of a handle, a hook having asegmental portion, a bail in sliding engagement with the segmentalportion of the hook, and'a hook pivoted to the bail.

2. In a cant-hook, the combination of ahandle having a recess in itslower end, a hook having a segmental portion which overlies the recess,means for connecting the hook and handle, a bail inslidable engagementwith the segmental portion of the hook which is attached to the handle,a hook pivoted to the bail said hook having an offset or spur forengagement with the segmental portion of the fixed hook, substantiallyas shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. w

EDMUND COUNTS.

Witnesses: r

L. N. ANTOINE, W. A. KENNEDY.

